Good day forum.... Long story short...... I have been on TRT 100mg E7D for 12 weeks now....and feeling good!! 31 years of age BTW

Test results.... Around week 8 of TRTPSA= 0.8Estradiol= 35Total Test 1103... <---but that was 2 days after injection so I now it is not that high

I am retracing my weak erections for my past.....

this week will be week 2 of abstaining from Porn and masturbation. (could my thyroid and adrenals be weak from to much porn use and excessive masturbation??)

My father has diabetes...don't know which type....(2 days ago I have a fasting BS of 99 in the morning and today my fast BS in the morning was 110..... I do not take in high glycemic foods....Health low glycemic, protein and vegetable diet.

I know high blood sugar can interfere with dilating the blood vessels and NO production that could cause weak on non existent erections...so I got my eye on that!!

I am a former strength athlete so I know how to workout...could add cardio to my program.* Stopped drinking last july to maximize my TRT program

no noticeable Gyno of feeling bad at all!!

I wonder if I have a cardiovascular issue from my previous powerlifting career??

But back to the point...what test or tests do I need to take to find out the tail of the tape as to why I still have weak erections!!!!!

Abstaining from porn and transitioning back to "normal" relations is near impossible. You've burnt out the ability to get excited from normal activity and normal relations. Yours is a common problem. You have to wait it out.

To each his own, but when I watch porn, I have way more sex with my wife.For me, it stimulates my already TRT stimulated libido...I am 44, she is 33 and we bang min 5x per week.If we weren't so tired from jobs, businesses and our family it would be more.Porn is great !

To the OP, looks like your E2 is creeping up on you, that right there will effect erection strength and libido.Before I went all test crazy, I'd get that E2 down. Are you using an AI at all ?

Thanks everyone for responses.... Question now is where to take my complete Comprehensive male panel test at. I went to ANYTESTLAB and showed them what the C Male panel intels.... and they said it would cost $1,635 dollars..... I don't know about all that!! So guys... just need to know where i can go to get the complete story of labs so you can diagnosed whats going on and what i need to do from that point on...

Think it would be a great idea if someone put together an Erections sticky. I know lots of guys who seem to be here for this reason alone, and sometimes it feels like TRT is only one component of restoring healthy erections. Like someone posted above, this can be wayyyyy complicated and sometimes it's almost impossible to figure out.

You got the sensitive e2 test, which shows you being too low.In many cases, the sensitive test reads very low..and for our purposes is misleading. I know Dr. Crisler insists on the sensitive test, but KSman (who has way more credibility IMO) says to only use the std e2 test.

I've seen test results with samples drawn the same day differ by 40pts from the sensitive to std e2 test, with the std test score being more accurate based on symptoms.

No AI. I am taking 30mg zinc a day (Just started BTW). I figure if my Estradiol was 35 2 days after injection and 14 7 days after injection i am kinda on the low side like you said.

Went to Endo and Uro. Endo said with my TRT there should be nothing stopping me from having erections. Endo believed i had a vascular issue. so went to Uro... We talked about trimix and he was not cool with that.

My goal now is to research Prostaglandin E1 E2 and how to increase that naturally. This is key if my problem is vascular and not hormonal.

"I've tested both consistently since been on trt for 8 months and always get drastically different results. I'd be crying everyday, moody ,holding water ,have elevated bp, and the standard panel would read 55H(7-42.6) while the sensitive panel 19(3-70)."

There are a very small amount of guys that can take Testosterone and not requirean AI, less than 1%. Forget about zinc, DIM, and all the other OTC methods of controlling e2, none of them work (I've tried them all).

Get the std e2 panel, or try a low dose AI. At this point it's a simple fix, and could solve your problem withina week.

Your TSH is a problem. Please read the thyroid basics sticky and take your oral body temperatures a the specified times. Thyroid problems can be from a problem with the thyroid it self and/or from an iodine deficiency. If your body temperatures are low, that can be a factor with sexual performance as low thyroid function can have major effects on brain function.

Note that most of they symptoms of low T are common to the effects of low thyroid function. Thyroid function regulates body temperature by regulating mitochondrial function in your cells, which is really controlling your overall metabolic rate, which affects burning blood born cholesterol, fats and glucose. You cannot function properly if your thyroid function is bogus.

If you are not using iodized salt, you and everyone else in your home may be iodine deficient. If your body temps are low, check everyone else's too.

Avoid iron fortified foods and vitamins. Read the labels.

You had E2=35 and that can affect libido, mood and energy. Your lower E2 at day 7 might not be representative as your E2 may be much higher earlier. Zinc is really not known to be very effective at controlling E2, however people want to believe otherwise. The exception would be the response when one was zinc deficient. When you get your levels steady [below], E2 may need an aromatase inhibitor to get near E2=22pg/ml which is thought to be near optimal for libido and energy.

If anything can wreck libido and sexual response, it is elevated E2. Your E2 peaks earlier in the week can leave many E2 receptors saturated with effects that linger even as E2 levels fall. And E2 affects brain function and lowering E2 when elevated will improve brain function over weeks 2-4. Your liver ALT/AST numbers are good from the prospect of E2 clearance by the liver.

Labs at day 7 are meaningless in some regards. Your levels are moving a lot during the week and the readings at day seven are just that. You need to inject at least twice a week so your T and E levels are not all over the place. If those are steady, then your labs reflect reality across time. Steadier levels will also improve brain function and sexual function is mostly brain activity.

CRP is not cardio specific as was once believed. Homocystine is. If you want to consider such things, your blood pressure is a key factor.

TRT typically can be expected to improve insulin sensitivity and reduce BP, as well as total cholesterol.

Do not let yourself become dehydrated for your fasting lab work.

Be sure to study the advice for new guys sticky as well as protocol for injections. In there you will seed that age, height, weight, waist size, body composition and body/facial hair are important info... and other things. Do not have T tunnel vision, consider other factors and events.

Labs at LEF.org are very affordable and available for most states. The basic male lab does not have LH/FSH and covers more than what you did. Routine urinalysis is not needed.

It is still possible your erectile problems may be due to estrogen levels. Some guys' erections are very sensitive to estrogen levels for some reason. Perhaps not just E2 but other estrogens such as E1 and DHEA (which also hits certain estrogen receptors). Unfortunately there is no single E2 level that is optimal for everyone. It is very individual. The only way to fix the problem is often just trial and error.

If anything can wreck libido and sexual response, it is elevated E2. Your E2 peaks earlier in the week can leave many E2 receptors saturated with effects that linger even as E2 levels fall. And E2 affects brain function and lowering E2 when elevated will improve brain function over weeks 2-4. Your liver ALT/AST numbers are good from the prospect of E2 clearance by the liver.

This is BEYOND interesting. On trt at first i was controlling my e2 and was feeling great, than for whatever reason I let it raise up. after 2 month of letting it raise up, i tried arimidex again cause i was starting to get side. result was EVERY time i took arimidex , i felt shitty, but the estrogen side were going away.

after i while and not understanding why i was feeling now shitty on trt, idid a bloowork (the day before i took a good amount of arimidex)the next norming and tested at e2=10, i didn't felt better that day borderline worse. So i tough arimidex= feeling shitty and and let my e2 creep back up.

I know that estrogen act as a MAO-I, so i guess its why with high estro I felt OK but not great like the first week of trt(when controlling e2), and when I was taking and anti estrogen after being high estro for so long, i didnt had that mao-i effect anymore.. but i didnt let myself the time to stabilise with normal estrogen level..

Maybe the solution what to let myself stabilise with normal estrogen level and would have after a while started to feel like the first week of trt again?

when you say"lowering E2 when elevated will improve brain function over weeks 2-4. " maybe i should off kept the e2 lowered a little longer.